The Golf Thread

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

Looking for ideas...

Have a mini golf trip coming up next month. Last year there were four of us and we played match play both days. This year it's 3 days/3 rounds and the amount of people has ballooned to nine (in my opinion way too many-but whatever). We're trying to figure out how to conduct a little tournament for those three rounds. The ninth person apparently is a terrible golfer so he might not be on a team and just be sort of a wild card somehow. 

Anyway, can you guys think of a way we can score this, with four teams and one random wild card, to eventually end up with one champion? 

Dots or stableford. Both straight forward and easy to score.

try a round of wolf too maybe

eddiec

The Juggler said:

Looking for ideas...

Have a mini golf trip coming up next month. Last year there were four of us and we played match play both days. This year it's 3 days/3 rounds and the amount of people has ballooned to nine (in my opinion way too many-but whatever). We're trying to figure out how to conduct a little tournament for those three rounds. The ninth person apparently is a terrible golfer so he might not be on a team and just be sort of a wild card somehow. 

Anyway, can you guys think of a way we can score this, with four teams and one random wild card, to eventually end up with one champion? 

The 9th player kinda messes things up. Unless you go with 3 teams of three.

bflynn1

The Juggler said:

bflynn1 said:

Played one hole today before hearing the air horn blow to signal lightning and a thunderstorm in the area. Waited and waited but never got to go back out. Weather doesn't look any better for tomorrow so they've cancelled the whole tournament. Great season opener...

What part of the country are you in? Finally golf weather here in the Philadelphia area. Played pretty well yesterday. Cant wait to play again

Right now I live in Fayetteville, AR. But in the next few weeks I'm relocating to Jacksonville, FL.

bootlegger10

I would be frustrated by any golf trip where there was only one round per day.  If it is before 5:00pm and I'm at a bar instead of golf course I would be livid. 

JojoRice

I've got a 3 day golf trip coming up in June in the Pinehurst area of North Carolina.  Apparently there's 56 people going in our group!  Very interested to see how it shakes out and which format we use. 

JojoRice

Since it's now officially Masters week, here's some of my experiences from working at the tournament in 2013.  I do plan on working it again sometime whenever my schedule allows it....Here goes...

My 2013 Masters work experience started about about 8 months prior to the tournament when I applied online after getting shut out of the ticket lottery once again.  When you apply, you get to choose the top 3 jobs/positions that interest you the most.  Then a few months later in Decemeber/January, I did a phone interview that lasted about 10 minutes.  Basically discussing previous work and golf experience (golf experience isn't required to work there, they were just curious).   Then about 3 weeks before the tournament begins, I was emailed my job position.  I was placed in the "Course Supply/Drivers" department.  Long story short, my job was to basically take merchandise from the main golf shop and deliver it to the many satellite shops around the course and help them keep their inventory stocked up. Ended up being a great gig because I got to ride around the course all day doing deliveries and watching golf!

The work week for me started the Saturday before practice rounds began.  I had about a 3 hour orientation where they showed employees their work area, how to check in, the do's and don'ts of Augusta, and how to get to different areas of the course.  Once Monday (1st day of practice rounds) started is when everything really got crazy.  Our work hours were from 6:00am until about 10:00pm for all 7 days.  

My first delivery that monday morning was to the satellite merch stand near #12 tee at Amen corner.  As soon as I got out of my cart, I walked straight to the tee box instead of making my delivery to the merch booth because I just had to see it.  Standing behind the 12th tee for the first time was surreal.  Almost as if it didn't look real because it was too perfect.  From that moment on, I knew that it was going to be a great week.  

Over the course of the week, I got to see a lot of neat stuff.  Even got to see the course nursery where they grow all of the azaleas and other plants.  It makes Pike's Nursery look like a joke!  The main warehouse where they keep all of the Masters merchandise is huge!  It's about the size of a Super Walmart.  I'd never seen anything like it.  Also, I was told that they sell a hat every 2 seconds!  Between the main golf shop and all of the satellite shops around the course, Augusta is definitely a merch king.  Getting merch at Augusta is even more crazy than getting merch a PJ shows.  By the end of the day on Sunday, the warehouse and all of the merch shops and stands were completely empty.  We had several items sell completely out even before the weekend started.  Heck we even had one customer come in and buy almost 700 Masters folding chairs!  

Overall it was a great experience and I would definitely recommend it to anyone that's a golf fan.  I was completely exhausted once the week was over but it was worth it.  Hope yall enjoyed my little insight and sorry that it was a bit of a long read.  Also for the record, I'm currently 0 for 10 in the Masters ticket lottery. 

bbiggs

^ awesome story bud! I hope to make it there some day! Thanks for sharing. 

Cliffy6745

Yeah, that's sweet.  Good stuff.

eddiec

@JojoRice
Great story. That warehouse sounds insane. I don't think I've ever heard of it before. How far away from the clubhouse is it?

Cliffy6745

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpwHBn6ikg

JojoRice

eddiec said:

@JojoRice
Great story. That warehouse sounds insane. I don't think I've ever heard of it before. How far away from the clubhouse is it?

It's across the street from the members entry gate on Washington road.  There's a couple small buildings in front of it.  There's also no signage.  It's just big warehouse that you wouldn't look at twice. 

Cliffy6745

Tiger is the highest ranked Master's champion in the field.  That is bananas.

JojoRice

As far as first time Masters winners.....I like Rory and Rickie this year.  This year's field has a great group of players that have been playing some great golf as of late.  Just hope Reed doesn't repeat.

polaris_x

The Juggler said:

Looking for ideas...

Have a mini golf trip coming up next month. Last year there were four of us and we played match play both days. This year it's 3 days/3 rounds and the amount of people has ballooned to nine (in my opinion way too many-but whatever). We're trying to figure out how to conduct a little tournament for those three rounds. The ninth person apparently is a terrible golfer so he might not be on a team and just be sort of a wild card somehow. 

Anyway, can you guys think of a way we can score this, with four teams and one random wild card, to eventually end up with one champion? 

3 teams of 3 ....try and match up as best you can ... every body plays their own ball each round like normal

round 1 game - best ball:  you take the best score per hole from each team to get your team score for the round

round 2 game - assigned holes:  as a team you designate 6 holes per golfer that their score will contribute to the team score

round 3 game - middle score:  you take the high and low scores out per hole and take the middle for the team

winning team has lowest score after 3 rounds

darwinstheory

JojoRice said:

As far as first time Masters winners.....I like Rory and Rickie this year.  This year's field has a great group of players that have been playing some great golf as of late.  Just hope Reed doesn't repeat.

Said everybody not named Patrick Reed.

Wobbie

The Juggler said:

Looking for ideas...

Have a mini golf trip coming up next month. 

haha! juggler is playing putt putt.

Cliffy6745

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Looking for ideas...

Have a mini golf trip coming up next month. 

haha! juggler is playing putt putt.

I read this the same way the first time 

Cliffy6745

Watching the par 3...date I say Augusta is too green at this point?

Cliffy6745

It’s the most wonderful time of the year 

Indifference71

Cliffy6745 said:

It’s the most wonderful time of the year 

Here we go!  Sunday is going to be awesome....final round of Masters right into Game of Thrones.  Already told my wife not to expect much from me in the parenting department after 1pm on Sunday.